New Employment Screening process
Iwas offered a new job and am undergoing to the new employment screening process. I have a 4.5 month employment gap which the new employer is querying. There was a death in the family and I needed to sort out the estate. The family member lived abroad and part of my time was sorting out the paperwork from where I live and then I flew out to the family members country to finalise a few other things. I provided the return ticket but can't find the outward bound flight (I buy these separately) to avoid flight change charges.
The company has asked me to provide proof that I was not employed during that time by showing bank statements for the first month of unemployment and the following month. In the second month, I made a small deposit of money into my bank account and this shows on my.bank statement. The code is ASD code on my bank statement. Will.the new employer query where these monies came from? It is only 300 pounds. I am so stressed about this as I really need this job.
Please advice on follow on questions.
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Sheri
Everything about their intrusive questioning is out of line. You don't need to provide proof of employment that was not with them. Simply stating you had a personal matter that required your attention for an extended period of time - that is sufficient. Any POTENTIAL employer should have healthy boundaries. This employer clearly does not. If this is what they demand of you BEFORE your work them, I cringe thinking of what they will demand once you are an employee. This is one rabbit hole I strongly urge you not to fall down.
A solid rule of thumb is to never provide anyone - family, friend, employer - with any type of private information. There are obviously exceptions such as providing bank information for direct deposit, SSN for HR to process employment. But formal systems are used to collect this information. Nothing sounds formal about this.
Anonymous
Never ever provide personal bank statements. That being said if you have a copy of the obituary and or some other form - death certificate of the person then offer that up. Let them know that this was a truly difficult time during which you unplugged everything to solidify the estate and that you are happy to give them details of the timeline. Email the hiring manager and explain this to them as well and let them know that revisiting this loss is extremely painful and you hope that this will not taint their finalizing your hire.